Discover the truth behind the myth, learn about the real people behind legendary names. This unique collection sheds light on the short but momentous historical period that changed the course of history. The historical works cover the rise of and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, the seemingly endless wars, campaigns and conquests that made him the emperor and at the same time eventually determined his downfall. The collection includes memoirs of ordinary soldiers, as well as leading commanders.
This collection includes:
Historical Works:
The History of Napoleonic Wars (Charles Downer Hazen)
The Campaign of 1812 (Carl Von Clausewitz)
History of the Expedition to Russia (Comte de Philippe-Paul Ségur)
Narrative of the Most Remarkable Events Which Occurred in and near Leipzig (Battle of the Nations, 1813) (Frederic Shoberl)
England and Napoleon (1801-1815) (S. E. Winbolt)
Battle of Waterloo (Charles Cornwallis Chesney)
The Waterloo Roll Call (Charles Dalton)
The Life & Legacy of Napoleon:
Napoleon: Biography (Alexandre Dumas)
The Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte (Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne)
Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon (Louis Constant Wairy)
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte (William Milligan Sloane)
The Writings of Napoleon Bonaparte:
Maxims of War
Proclamations, Speeches & Diplomatic Correspondence
Letters to Josephine
Napoleonic Wars in Memoirs of Soldiers & Generals
The Memoirs of General Baron de Marbot (Marcelin Marbot)
Memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne, 1812-1813 (Adrien Bourgogne)
Military Memoirs of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington (Moyle Sherer)
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson (Robert Southey)
The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence (William Lawrence)
Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade (William Surtees)
Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands from 1809 to 1815 (John Kincaid)
Wellington's Men: Some Soldier Autobiographies (William Henry Fitchett)
A British Rifle Man (George Simmons)
My Adventures During the Late War (Donat Henchy O'Brien)
